William Capper
| William Capper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1856 |
| Died |
15 January 1934 (aged 77) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1876-1913 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands held | RMC Sandhurst |
| Awards | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Colonel William Baume Capper CVO (6 February 1856 – 15 January 1934) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Military career
Capper was born on 6 February 1856, his father William Copeland Capper having been in the Bengal Civil Service. Educated at Haileybury,[1] Capper was commissioned into the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1876[2] and subsequently played cricket for Shropshire.[3] He became adjutant of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1886.[4] He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and in the Mahdist War in Sudan from 1884 to 1885.[5] He was Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst from 1907 to 1911[6] and then served in World War I.[5]
Family
In 1888 he married Helen Margaret Parry; they had two daughters.[5] He had three brothers all who served in the Army, one was Major-General Sir Thompson Capper KCMG, CB, DSO who was killed in World War I,[7] and another was Major-General Sir John Edward Capper.
References
- ↑ Egypt
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24292. p. 589. 11 February 1876. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ Cricket Archive
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25615. p. 3856. 10 August 1886. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page 82)
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ Godden Green War Memorial
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gerald Kitson |
Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1907–1911 |
Succeeded by Lionel Stopford |